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`15/695,324
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`09/05/2017
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`YOICHI MAKINO
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`PIPMM-57972
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`PEARNE & GORDON LLP
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`PHAN~ THIEMD
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`02/06/2020
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/695,324
`Examiner
`THIEM D PHAN
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`Applicant(s)
`MAKINO, YOICHI
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`3729
`Yes
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`- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet wit/7 the correspondence address -
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`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 12/11/19.
`CI A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)[:] This action is FINAL.
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`2b)
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4):] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expade Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`5)
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`Claim(s)
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`flis/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above Claim(s) fl is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`E] Claim(ss)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(ss)5—6is/are rejected.
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`1:] Claim(ss_) is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
`C] Claim(s
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`Application Papers
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`10):] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 9/05/17 is/are: a). accepted or b)[j objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`a). All
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`b)C] Some**
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`c)[j None of the:
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`1.. Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2E] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3C] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`** See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/OBa and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`Paper No(s)/Mail Date 5/21/19 & 9/05/17.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) E] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`4) CI Other-
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20200202
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`Application/Control Number: 15/695,324
`Art Unit: 3729
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Election/Restrictions
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`2.
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`Applicant’s election without traverse of Group II, Claims 5-6, filed on 12/11/19, is
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`acknowledged.
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`The Restriction mailed on 11/01/19 has been carefully reviewed and is held to be
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`proper. Accordingly, Claims 1-4 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37
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`CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to nonelected Group.
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`The Restriction filed on 11/01/19 is hereby made Final.
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`Applicant is required to cancel the nonelected claims (1 -41) or take other
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`appropriate action. An Office Action on the merits of Claims 5 and 6 now follows.
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`Title
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`3.
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`The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly
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`indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
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`The following title is suggested: “Component mounting method”.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`4.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use,
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`on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed
`invention.
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`5.
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`Claims 5 and 6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by
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`Fumitaka et al (JP 2012-119643).
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`Regarding claim 5, Fumitaka et al teach a component mounting method for a
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`component mounter including: a workpiece holding body (Fig. 8, 186) which aligns and
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`holds a plurality of workpieces (140) on which components (162) are to be placed; a
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`chuck portion (186) which chucks the workpiece holding body; a rotation mechanism
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`(Left/Right Circular Arrows) which rotates the chuck portion; and a placing head (120)
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`which places the components (162) on each of the plurality of workpieces, the method
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`comprising:
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`chucking the workpiece holding body (Fig. 8, 186) adjusting postures of the
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`plurality of workpieces (140), by rotating the chuck portion (Left/Right Circular
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`Arrows), around an axial line (Bottom Center of 186) which extends in an aligning
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`direction of the plurality of workpieces; and
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`placing the components (162) on each of the plurality of workpieces (140).
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`Regarding claim 6, Fumitaka et al teach the component mounter where a lifting-
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`lowering mechanism (Fig. 18A & B; Paragraph 0064) for lifting-lowering the chuck
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`portion is provided, such that a component placing part in each of the plurality of
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`workpieces subjected to posture adjustment by the rotation mechanism(Left/Right
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`Circular Arrows) is positioned at a placing height at which the placing head places the
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`components,
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`the method further comprising lifting-lowering (Fig. 18A & B; Paragraph 0064) the
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`chuck portion, such that the component placing part is positioned at the placing
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`height at which the placing head (120) places the components (162).
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`Conclusion
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`6.
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant’s disclosure.
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`/THIEM D PHAN/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3729
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`February 2, 2020
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